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TOKYO, Japan--An earthquake measuring 8.0 hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Friday. The quake was the strongest anywhere in the world this year. Several million people live on the island. Japan's national broadcasting agency，NHK, reported 236 people had been hurt, but no deaths had been reported. Tsunami waves measuring about 3 feet（1 meter）began hitting the eastern coast of Japan's northernmost island, and officials warned all residents in the region to seek higher ground. A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island after the earthquake, and television stations reported a train derailment and a landslide near a highway tunnel. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 8.0 but authorities in Japan initially gave it a magnitude of 7. 8. The USGS said the temblor was located 33 kilometers（20 miles）under the Earth's crust, about 796 miles north / northwest of Tokyo, and began at 4∶50 a.m. local time（1950 GMT）. The second quake occurred at 6∶08 a.m.（2108 GMT）.
On average, there is one magnitude-8, or greater, quake a year in the world, The amount of energy released in a magnitude-8 earthquake is equivalent to that contained in 1.01 billion tons of TNT, according to the USGS. A tsunami watch has been issued for the US state of Hawaii. “Based on all available data, a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter,” said the announcement from the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. Only six days ago a 5.5-magnitude quake shook Japan. The September 20 earthquake was centered nearly 870 kilometers（540 miles）south--southeast of Tokyo, near Japan's Bonin Islands, a remote volcanic island group in the Pacific Ocean. Earlier this month, Japan marked the 80th anniversary of a magnitude 8.3 quake that devastated（破坏）Tokyo and neighboring Yokohama, killing at least140,000 people. In January 1995, a magnitude 7.2 temblor in Kobe killed more than6,000 people.
（1）An 8.0-magnitude earthquake happened in Japan ________.
[ ]
A. in January 1995
B. on September 20, 2003
C. on September 26, 2003
D. in September, 1923
（2）What is NOT the result of this earthquake?
[ ]
A. 236 people were hurt.
B. A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island.
C. A train was out of track.
D. Two people died.
（3）We can infer that ________.
[ ]
A. this is the biggest earthquake in the world this year
B. this earthquake has no effect on the USA
C. Japan is a country where earthquakes frequently happen
D. the second quake occurred only half an hour after the first one
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TOKYO, Japan--An earthquake measuring 8.0 hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Friday. The quake was the strongest anywhere in the world this year. Several million people live on the island. Japan's national broadcasting agency，NHK, reported 236 people had been hurt, but no deaths had been reported. Tsunami waves measuring about 3 feet（1 meter）began hitting the eastern coast of Japan's northernmost island, and officials warned all residents in the region to seek higher ground. A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island after the earthquake, and television stations reported a train derailment and a landslide near a highway tunnel. The US Geological Survey measured the quake at 8.0 but authorities in Japan initially gave it a magnitude of 7. 8. The USGS said the temblor was located 33 kilometers（20 miles）under the Earth's crust, about 796 miles north / northwest of Tokyo, and began at 4∶50 a.m. local time（1950 GMT）. The second quake occurred at 6∶08 a.m.（2108 GMT）.
On average, there is one magnitude-8, or greater, quake a year in the world, The amount of energy released in a magnitude-8 earthquake is equivalent to that contained in 1.01 billion tons of TNT, according to the USGS. A tsunami watch has been issued for the US state of Hawaii. “Based on all available data, a tsunami may have been generated by this earthquake that could be destructive on coastal areas even far from the epicenter,” said the announcement from the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. Only six days ago a 5.5-magnitude quake shook Japan. The September 20 earthquake was centered nearly 870 kilometers（540 miles）south--southeast of Tokyo, near Japan's Bonin Islands, a remote volcanic island group in the Pacific Ocean. Earlier this month, Japan marked the 80th anniversary of a magnitude 8.3 quake that devastated（破坏）Tokyo and neighboring Yokohama, killing at least140,000 people. In January 1995, a magnitude 7.2 temblor in Kobe killed more than6,000 people.
（1）An 8.0-magnitude earthquake happened in Japan ________.
[ ]
A. in January 1995
B. on September 20, 2003
C. on September 26, 2003
D. in September, 1923
（2）What is NOT the result of this earthquake?
[ ]
A. 236 people were hurt.
B. A fire broke out at oil refinery on the island.
C. A train was out of track.
D. Two people died.
（3）We can infer that ________.
[ ]
A. this is the biggest earthquake in the world this year
B. this earthquake has no effect on the USA
C. Japan is a country where earthquakes frequently happen
D. the second quake occurred only half an hour after the first one
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Why doesn’t the unemployment rate ever reach zero? Economists, who generally believe that supply tends to meet demand, have long thought about this question. Even in good times, i.e. not now, there are people who can’t find work. And even in bad times, i.e. now, there are job openings. With over 14 million people out of work and looking for a job, you would think every available job would be filled. But that’s not the case. Not now and not ever.
On Monday, the Nobel Prize committee awarded the prize for economics to the three scholars who have done the most to explain this phenomenon. Two of the winners are Americans, Peter Diamond of MIT and Dale Mortensen of Northwestern. The third winner is Christopher Pissarides, who teaches at the London School of Economics and was born on Cyprus.
Like most of economics, what they have found about why the jobless and ready-employers don’t find each other seems obvious. You have to find out there is job opening you are interested in. Employers need to get resumes （简历）. It takes a while for both employers and employees to make the decision that this is what they want. And these guys came up with a frame-work to study the problem of why people stay unemployed longer than they should and what can be done about it.
So what would today’s Nobel Prize winners do to solve the current problem of the unemployed? And does the awarding of the prize contribute to the politicians’ lowering joblessness?
Speaking from his north London home, Pissarides told The Associated Press the announcement came as “a complete surprise” though his work had already helped shape thinking on both sides of the Atlantic.
For example, the New Deal for Young People, a British government policy aimed at getting 18-24-year-olds back on the job market after long periods of unemployment, “is very much based on our work,” he said.
“One of the key things we found is that it is important to make sure that people do not stay unemployed too long so they don’t lose their feel for the labor force,” Pissarides told reporters in London. “The ways of dealing with this need not be expensive training – it could be as simple as providing work experience.”
1.According to the writer, which is true about finding jobs?
A. It is always difficult to find a job.
B. Everyone can find a job in good times.
C. Contrary to popular belief, it is easier to find a job in bad times.
D. It is possible to find a job even in times as bad as now.
2. What is it that leads to their winning the prize?
A. They have found the reason for unemployment.
B. They have put forward a set of ideas to deal with unemployment.
C. They have found out why people don’t want to be employed.
D. They have long studied the problem of unemployment.
3.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Pissarides thinks his work surprising.
B. The work of Pissarides has influenced many economists.
C. Some of the winners’ ideas have been put into practice.
D. It is probable that unemployed young people in Britain benefit from Pissarides’ work.
4. According to Pissarides, _________ is effrctive in dealing with unemployment.
A. spending large sums of money on training
B. teaching some knowledge of economics
C. providing work experience
D. keeping people unemployed for some time
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